Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a renowned mathematician. She holds a PhD in mathematics education from the University of Witwatersrand. She is a highly regarded B1 NR-rated scientist with over, 80 research papers and five edited volumes published. She has been invited to deliver over 40 keynote plenary talks at international conferences, and also as a visiting professor at universities around the world.
Women in Leadership Must Be the Norm – UN Secretary-General
Women remain on the periphery of formal peace processes and they are largely excluded from rooms where decisions are made, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres has noted.
Samia Calls for Assessment of Women’s Feat in Tanzania
AS Tanzania prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of independence this year, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has tasked Chama Cha Mapinduzi Women’s Wing (UWT) to assess the country’s success in liberating women economically, politically, and intellectually.
New Zealand Swears in The First Indigenous Woman as Governor-General
New Zealand’s first indigenous Maori woman to be appointed governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, was officially sworn in on Thursday in Wellington to take on a largely ceremonial role, pledging to reach out to migrants and marginalized citizens.
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“I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be”.
“On my own, I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn’t, I’ll create something else. I don’t have any limitations on what I think I could do or be”. – Oprah Winfrey American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
Graca Machel Calls for A Change of Mindsets, Behaviours, Value Systems in The Fight Against GBV
Graca Machel has noted that violence is the breast milk we are feeding our children, thus calling for a change in our mindsets, behaviours, and value system. She made this call in an impassioned speech at the recent Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture.
Researchers Develop Breast Cancer Prediction Tool for Black Women
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have developed and evaluated a risk prediction model for breast cancer in U.S. Black women. Epidemiologic studies of breast cancer have hampered efforts to derive and test models for use in Black women. The findings were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.